Dragon and other Sketches (recto); Various Sketches of Eyes and Head Profiles(verso)

Michelangelo Buonarroti Italian

1520–30

Not on view

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This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

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Title: Dragon and other Sketches (recto); Various Sketches of Eyes and Head Profiles(verso)
Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome)
Date: 1520–30
Medium: Pen and brown ink over black chalk (recto); red chalk and traces of black chalk (verso)
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 x 13 5/16 in. (25.4 x 33.8 cm)
Framed: 17 11/16 × 23 3/4 × 15/16 in. (45 × 60.4 × 2.4 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Presented by a Body of Subscribers, 1846; WA1846.69 (KP II 323)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints